Writing the Great War

Christoph Cornelissen is Professor of Contemporary History at Goethe University Frankfurt.

“Writing the Great War, first and foremost a work of reference, constitutes an excellent starting point for anyone interested in understanding how the story of the years 1914–18 has been memorialized and interpreted since the very first shots were fired in late July 1914 and, just as important, why it has left such an indelible imprint on the world of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.” • The European Legacy“Each chapter offers a fresh account of complex national commemorative cultures and historiography and is packed with arresting insights. Coming after the wave of centenary commemorations, this volume is an essential addition to the literature and will stimulate further research on World War I.” • William Mulligan, University College Dublin“The aim of this volume is as ambitious as it is commendable: to describe and analyze collective memories and historiographies of the Great War in a variety of geographical contexts. Even for scholars who have long studied World War I, it offers fascinating material” • Gerhard Hirschfeld, University of Stuttgart“Writing the Great War covers the historiography of the war both in depth and in breadth. The contributors are leading scholars who provide enlightening insights into politics, memory, and historiography. Specialists will find much to spark their interests and students will find it a useful guide to a complex field.” • Michael S. Neiberg, author of Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of World War I

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Understanding World War I: One Hundred Years of Historiographical Debate and Worldwide CommemorationChristoph Cornelißen and Arndt WeinrichChapter 1. (Hi-)stories and Memories of the Great War in France. 1914–2018Nicolas OffenstadtChapter 2. Histories and Memories: Recounting the Great War in Belgium, 1914–2014Bruno Benvindo and Benoît MajerusChapter 3. British and Commonwealth Historiography of World War IJay WinterChapter 4. Of Expectations and Aspirations: South Asian Perspectives on World War I, the World, and the SubcontinentMargret FrenzChapter 5. German Historiography on World War I, 1914–2019Christoph Cornelißen and Arndt WeinrichChapter 6. Austrian Historiography and Perspectives on the First World War: The Long Shadow of the “Just War” 1914–2018Oliver RathkolbChapter 7. Russia in World War One: The Politics of Memory and HistoriographyBoris KolonitskiiChapter 8. The Invention of Yugoslav Identity: Serbian and South Slav Historiographies on World War I, 1918–2018Stanislav SretenovićChapter 9. A Seminal “Anti-Catastrophe”? Historiography on the First World War in PolandPiotr SzlantaChapter 10. A Historiographical Turn: Evolving Interpretations of Japan during World War IJan Schmidt and Naoko ShimazuChapter 11. Coming to Terms with the Imperial Legacy and the Violence of War: Turkish Historiography of WWI between Autarchy and a Plurality of VoicesAlexandre ToumarkineChapter 12. Italian Memory and Historiography and the First World WarAngelo VentroneChapter 13. Finding a Place for the First World War in American HistoryJennifer D. KeeneIndex